Electric Metals Announces Western Extension to The Emily Manganese Project with High-Grade Manganese Drill Intersections
Up To 39.93 Meters Containing Zones of Up To 45.80% Mn (59.14% Mno)Assay results from four step-out drill holes west of the deposit contain high manganese grades with up to 45.80% Mn in individual samples. Results include [1] :
- 40.94% Mn (52.86% MnO) over 7.92 meters within 19.43% Mn over 39.93m
- 38.94% Mn (50.28% MnO) over 3.23 meters within 19.12% Mn over 19.45m
- 45.80% Mn (59.14% MnO) over 1.53 meters within 15.60% Mn over 20.21m
Results from more western step-out drill holes at approximately 100m spacing are expected in coming weeks.
TORONTO, September 21, 2023 - Electric Metals (USA) Ltd. ("EML" or the "Company") (TSXV:EML)(OTCQB:EMUSF) is pleased to announce assay results from six cored drill holes at the high-grade Emily Manganese Project ("Emily Project"), Minnesota, USA.
Previously reported results from the first fifteen diamond drill holes of the current program (refer announcements dated 27 th June 2023, 13 th July 2023 and 24 th August 2023) described continuity of thick intervals of more than 30% manganese with a northerly dip and east-west strike direction. The results reported in this announcement are for an additional six drill holes located on 100-meter collar spacing (23044, 23045, 23046A, 23055, 23056 and 23057) which confirm that these high-grade, thick manganese intervals extend for at least another 300 meters further to the west (Table 1 and Figures 1-4).
The results to date from the Company's 2023 drilling have shown that the high-grade manganese oxide mineralization (manganite) extends to at least 400 meters west of the 2020 NI 43-101 resource and has yet to be closed at depth or along trend (Figures 1 and 2, Table 1).
Step-out drilling at 100-meter drill collar spacing for approximately 400 meters has been completed to the west of holes 23046A and 23055 and assays from these seven holes are expected in coming weeks.
Representative high-grade drill core (Figure 5) is dominated by the dark grey to black manganese oxide mineral manganite (MnO(OH)). Analyses of core samples from drill hole 23057 from between 282 feet (85.95 meters) and 296.6 feet (90.40 meters) are listed in Table 2 and are typical for the high-grade portions of the deposit. The manganese content from samples taken from the core trays in Figure 5 ranges between 25.7%-42.3% Mn with a wider spread of iron assays (between 11.77%-29.17% Fe). The rock contains lesser contents of aluminium (2.69%- 5.36% Al 2 O 3 ) and silica (1.80%-5.62% SiO 2 ), minor amounts (less than 1%) of barium, calcium, potassium, sodium magnesium and trace phosphorus, strontium and titanium. There is no arsenic, chlorine, chrome, copper, nickel, lead, sulphur, vanadium or zinc in this selected core, and this is typical for the deposit.
Figure 1. Location of drill holes 23044, 23057, 23056, 23045, 23055 and 23046A showing the project area, manganese host rock (Emily Iron Formation) and the location of cross sections in Figures 2, 3 and 4.
Figure 2. Cross section E-F (refer Figure 1) showing drill hole traces of 23057 and 23044, with manganese contents in assayed intervals and geology.
Figure 3. Cross section C-D (refer Figure 1) showing drill hole traces of 23056 and 23045, with manganese contents in assayed intervals and geology.
Figure 4. Cross section A-B (refer Figure 1) showing drill hole traces of 23055 and 23046A, with manganese contents in assayed intervals and geology.
Table 1. Average assay data for drill holes 23044, 23045, 23046A, 23055, 23056 and 23057 at the Emily Manganese Project [2] .
| Drill Hole Number | From | To | Intercept Length | From | To | Intercept Length | Average Mn | Average MnO | Average Fe |
| meters | meters | meters | feet | feet | feet | % | % | % |
| 23044 | 83.52 | 97.81 | 14.29 | 274 | 320.9 | 46.9 | 14.13 | 18.24 | 30.52 |
| incl | 85.56 | 89.61 | 4.05 | 280.7 | 294 | 13.3 | 29.22 | 37.73 | 30.42 |
| 108.94 | 116.22 | 7.28 | 357.4 | 381.3 | 23.9 | 5.65 | 7.30 | 28.19 | |
| 119.69 | 139.14 | 19.45 | 392.7 | 456.5 | 63.8 | 19.12 | 24.69 | 19.54 | |
| incl | 123.14 | 126.37 | 3.23 | 404 | 414.6 | 10.6 | 38.94 | 50.28 | 11.26 |
| incl | 129.54 | 132.74 | 3.20 | 425 | 435.5 | 10.5 | 30.61 | 39.52 | 25.7 |
| 148.04 | 153.62 | 5.58 | 485.7 | 504 | 18.3 | 5.53 | 7.14 | 26.54 | |
| 23045 | 66.14 | 73.37 | 7.23 | 217.0 | 240.7 | 23.7 | 23.14 | 29.88 | 35.00 |
| 79.64 | 82.91 | 3.27 | 261.3 | 272.0 | 10.7 | 7.36 | 9.50 | 26.15 | |
| 87.42 | 98.69 | 11.27 | 286.8 | 323.8 | 37.0 | 4.84 | 6.25 | 30.60 | |
| 105.16 | 131.37 | 26.21 | 345.0 | 431.0 | 86.0 | 15.48 | 19.99 | 19.50 | |
| incl | 106.38 | 121.31 | 14.93 | 349.0 | 398.0 | 49.0 | 21.79 | 28.14 | 21.03 |
| incl | 109.42 | 114 | 4.58 | 359.0 | 374.0 | 15.0 | 28.01 | 36.17 | 16.89 |
| incl | 116.59 | 121.31 | 4.72 | 382.5 | 398.0 | 15.5 | 28.56 | 36.88 | 22.90 |
| 139.42 | 145.63 | 6.21 | 457.4 | 477.8 | 20.4 | 6.89 | 8.90 | 17.97 | |
| 23046A | 71.99 | 85.34 | 13.35 | 236.2 | 280.0 | 43.8 | 13.82 | 17.84 | 31.47 |
| 101.13 | 105.37 | 4.24 | 331.8 | 345.7 | 13.9 | 7.82 | 10.10 | 28.27 | |
| 112.38 | 132.59 | 20.21 | 368.7 | 435.0 | 66.3 | 15.60 | 20.14 | 19.20 | |
| incl | 114.60 | 119.79 | 5.19 | 376.0 | 393.0 | 17.0 | 27.15 | 35.06 | 14.98 |
| incl | 118.26 | 119.79 | 1.53 | 388.0 | 393.0 | 5.0 | 45.80 | 59.14 | 9.52 |
| incl | 122.53 | 125.46 | 2.93 | 402.0 | 411.6 | 9.6 | 25.88 | 33.42 | 24.57 |
| 139.81 | 142.28 | 2.47 | 458.7 | 466.8 | 8.1 | 5.96 | 7.70 | 22.34 | |
| 23055 | 69.8 | 72.83 | 3.01 | 229 | 238.9 | 9.9 | 5.63 | 7.27 | 14.47 |
| 80.92 | 89.55 | 8.63 | 265.5 | 293.8 | 28.3 | 15.32 | 19.78 | 22.36 | |
| incl | 84.43 | 88.76 | 4.33 | 277 | 291.2 | 14.2 | 17.63 | 22.76 | 22.4 |
| 23056 | 80.16 | 91.14 | 10.97 | 263 | 299 | 36 | 5.97 | 7.71 | 18.13 |
| 23057 | 84.43 | 124.36 | 39.93 | 277 | 408 | 131 | 19.43 | 25.09 | 20.42 |
| incl | 87.9 | 95.83 | 7.92 | 288.4 | 314.4 | 26 | 40.94 | 52.86 | 14.15 |
| incl | 94.95 | 95.83 | 0.88 | 311.5 | 314.4 | 2.9 | 45.80 | 59.14 | 11.39 |
Table 2. Assay data of selected drill core from 23057. The drill core trays with drilled intervals between 282 feet (85.95 meters) and 296.6 feet (90.40 meters) photographed prior to sampling are shown in Figure 4.
| Hole number | From | To | Length | Sample Number | Mn | Al 2 O 3 | As | Ba | CaO | Cl | Co | C r2 O 3 |
| feet | feet | feet | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | ||
| 23057 | 282.0 | 285.0 | 3.0 | H798727 | 25.70 | 3.29 | 0.02 | 0.74 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 |
| 23057 | 285.0 | 288.4 | 3.4 | H798728 | 26.30 | 5.36 | 0.02 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| 23057 | 288.4 | 292.0 | 3.6 | H798729 | 42.30 | 2.69 | 0.02 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.00 |
| 23057 | 292.0 | 296.6 | 4.6 | H798731 | 36.00 | 4.25 | 0.02 | 1.02 | 0.24 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.00 |
| Hole number | From | To | Length | Sample Number | Cu | Fe | K 2 O | MgO | Na 2 O | Ni | P | Pb |
| feet | feet | feet | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | ||
| 23057 | 282.0 | 285.0 | 3.0 | H798727 | 0.01 | 29.17 | 0.73 | 0.23 | 0.12 | 0.01 | 0.14 | 0.01 |
| 23057 | 285.0 | 288.4 | 3.4 | H798728 | 0.01 | 24.69 | 0.56 | 0.30 | 0.10 | 0.01 | 0.31 | 0.01 |
| 23057 | 288.4 | 292.0 | 3.6 | H798729 | 0.02 | 11.77 | 2.05 | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.01 | 0.09 | 0.01 |
| 23057 | 292.0 | 296.6 | 4.6 | H798731 | 0.04 | 17.78 | 1.82 | 0.31 | 0.22 | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.01 |
| Hole number | From | To | Length | Sample Number | Sulfur | SiO 2 | Sn | Sr | TiO 2 | V | Zn | LOI |
| feet | feet | feet | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | ||
| 23057 | 282.0 | 285.0 | 3.0 | H798727 | 0.00 | 3.50 | 0.00 | 0.09 | 0.29 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 12.1 |
| 23057 | 285.0 | 288.4 | 3.4 | H798728 | 0.00 | 5.62 | 0.00 | 0.08 | 0.26 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 13.1 |
| 23057 | 288.4 | 292.0 | 3.6 | H798729 | 0.00 | 1.95 | 0.00 | 0.26 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 12.8 |
| 23057 | 292.0 | 296.6 | 4.6 | H798731 | 0.00 | 1.80 | 0.00 | 0.23 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 12.9 |
Figure 5. Manganese mineralization within granular iron formation in drill core from hole 23057. Assay data for samples from between 282 feet (85.95 meters) and 296.6 feet (90.40 meters) are listed in Table 2.
Gary Lewis, Group CEO of Electric Metals commented on the latest results from Emily: "The thickness and grades of manganese continues to extend in new ground to the west of the current resource area. Drilling along the shallow southern edge of the north-dipping deposit has defined excellent continuity of high-grade manganese and this will assist future mine studies for the deposit. We are looking forward to reporting assays for the remaining seven holes when analyses are completed in coming weeks."
"With logging and sampling of drill core now complete, and final samples at the lab for assaying, our technical team is now focused on advancing the metallurgical testwork and finalizing the updated NI 43-101 mineral resource estimate, which remains on track for delivery in Q4:2023. Key environmental baseline studies are also scheduled to commence in coming weeks."
Qualified Person
The scientific and technical data contained in this news release was reviewed and approved by Ian James Pringle PhD, who is a Qualified Person under National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Mineral Projects.
About Electric Metals (USA) Limited
Electric Metals (USA) Ltd. (TSXV: EML) (OTCQB: EMUSF) is a U.S.-based mineral development company with manganese and silver projects geared to supporting the transition to clean energy. The Company's principal asset is the Emily Manganese Project in Minnesota, which has been the subject of considerable technical studies, including a National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report - Resource Estimate, with over US$26 million invested to date. The Company's mission in Minnesota is to become a domestic U.S. producer of high-purity, high-value manganese metal and chemical products for supply to U.S. energy, technology and industrial markets. With manganese playing a critical and prominent role in lithium-ion battery formulations, and with no current domestic supply or active mines for manganese in North America, the development of the Emily Manganese Project represents a significant opportunity for America, the State of Minnesota and for the Company's shareholders. In addition, the Company owns and operates the Corcoran Silver-Gold Project and the Belmont Silver Project in Nevada, with the former also having been the subject of a National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report - Resource Estimate.
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Gary Lewis, Group CEO & Director: (647) 846 5299 - gl@electricmetals.com
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[1] Drilled intervals shown are close to true thickness.
[2] Assaying undertaken by ALS (Reno, NV) included a 23-element suite (ME-XRF21). High manganese samples (>25% Mn) were re-assayed using ME ICP81.
SOURCE: Electric Metals (USA) Ltd.